Manny Ramirez dealt to Dodgers

Thursday

Jul 31, 2008 at 12:01 AMJul 31, 2008 at 7:37 PM

Manny Ramirez is heading west to Los Angeles. The deal to send the mercurial leftfielder to the Dodgers, as part of a three-way deal involving the Pittsburgh Pirates, came through just before the 4 p.m. Major League Baseball trading deadline.

Mike Fine

Manny Ramirez -- his bat, his dreadlocks and his distaste for the Red Sox organization -- is heading west to Los Angeles.

The deal to send the mercurial leftfielder to the Dodgers, as part of a three-way deal involving the Pittsburgh Pirates, came through just before the 4 p.m. Major League Baseball trading deadline. The main piece that the Red Sox got in the deal is Jason Bay, an outfielder formerly with the Pirates.

The trade to unload Manny Ramirez came after a deal with Florida fell apart today.

Bay is a 30-year-old Canadian who is batting .282 with 22 home runs and 64 RBI.

In addition to Ramirez, the Red Sox will send outfielder Brandon Moss and pitcher Craig Hansen to Pittsburgh. The Sox will also pay the remainder of Ramirez's salary for this season. Besides consenting to the deal, Ramirez has agreed to waive his two $20 million team options for the next two seasons.